TIL that in 1462, Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) stopped an Ottoman invasion by creating a 3km “forest” of 20,000 impaled corpses, including soldiers, women, children, and even livestock. The stench w...

www.mentalfloss.com

TIL that in 1462, Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) stopped an Ottoman invasion by creating a 3km “forest” of 20,000 impaled corpses, including soldiers, women, children, and even livestock. The stench w...

www.mentalfloss.com

Lemmit.Online botMAB to

Today I Learned (TIL)English · 3 months ago

When Vlad the Impaler Repelled an Invasion With a Forest of Corpses

www.mentalfloss.com

History remembers Vlad as the inspiration for 'Dracula,' but his war with an Ottoman sultan was just as gruesome as anything in Bram Stoker’s novel

This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/yooolka on 2025-07-02 18:32:18+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1462, Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) stopped an Ottoman invasion by creating a 3km “forest” of 20,000 impaled corpses, including soldiers, women, children, and even livestock. The stench was so overwhelming, the Ottomans turned back without a fight.

You must log in or register to comment.

Chat

Today I Learned (TIL)

todayilearned

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

Community locked: only moderators can create posts. You can still comment on posts.

You learn something new every day; what did you learn today? Submit interesting and specific facts about something that you just found out here.

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

5 users / day
47 users / week
122 users / month
423 users / 6 months
1 local subscriber
827 subscribers
27.4K Posts
821 Comments
Modlog

mods:
Lemmit.Online bot